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Cook County Board OKs request to build Hindu temple near Palatine

Thursday, December 31, 2015Chicago Tribuneby Karen Ann Cullotta

A request to build a Hindu temple on Rand Road in unincorporated Cook County near Palatine has been approved by the Cook County Board.

The property, at 1521 N. Rand Road, includes about 0.78 acres, and is co-owned by Mario Gambino, a local landscape businessman, and the Hindu religious organization Swaminarayan Satsang Mandal of Chicago.

At a Dec. 16 Cook County Board of Commissioners meeting, officials approved the property owners' request for a special use permit to build a Hindu temple and living quarters for the temple's priest.

The request came to the board with a positive recommendation from the county's zoning board, officials said.

Gambino and officials from Swaminarayan Satsang Mandal of Chicago were not immediately available for comment Wednesday.